Heroes

Chapter IV

Sakura practically squealed in excitement as she bounced down the corridor. The envelope held tightly in her hand (but not tightly enough to crinkle it) as she made her way to the room of which she'd been summoned to.

Waiting outside, she grinned happily at the sight of Saitama and Genos approaching. The bald man pouting as Genos waved his greeting at the pinkette. "How did you two do?" she asked the two, her head tilting to one side as she watched Saitama's mood drop yet further.

"I have achieved a spot S-class, whereas Master has been placed in C-class." Genos replied, his voice monotonous as per usual. Sakura turned to see Saitama glaring at the floor and winced slightly, "A-class." she said, showing them her perfect scores, her hand rubbing the back of her head.

Her response only causing Saitama to slump over even more, the man mumbling quietly under his breath. Looking at Genos for support, the cyborg simply shrugged before heading through the door behind her. Sakura huffed in annoyance before shuffling closer to Saitama and poking him. 

"We should really go inside now..." she muttered, her voice trailing off as the man looked up at her. "I suppose so." Saitama replied, his voice low, barely a whisper before he too followed after Genos leaving Sakura alone in the corridor. With a huff, she turned on her heel, walking inside after the two.

"Congratulations on passing. Now to be honest, one of you only made it on a fluke, so unless you want your luck to go to waste, I better see you giving it your all." the man began, his face getting more and more annoyed as he went on.

The cause of said annoyance, to be fair to the man, was being rather irritating. Sakura could only assume that after his misery at being beaten by his companions, Saitama had taken to winding others up so they could wallow with him. 

Which is likely why he was currently leaned back on his chair, chewing gum loudly.

"And don't get cocky got it? Keep your certified hero status in mind, from here on, I expect you to act modestly. After all, you're faces will be placed on the main page of the Hero Association Website. Did you hear me?!" the man asked, his anger really getting the better of him as Saitama blew a bubble with his gum.

"That golf ball head on your shoulders is going to be shown to the whole world! If you don't want to humiliate yourselves..." the man suddenly leapt on the desk, shuffling across it as he jabbed and cawed. His actions causing Sakura to shrivel in her seat in embarrassment, pulling the hood of her jacket over her face in order to cover her eyes from the sight.

"Aspire to be a distinguished hero like me." there was total silence before a bang jerked Sakura's attention towards Saitama once more as his bubble popped and his gum covered his face. "Master!"

"As a class A hero, I have influence over the association's decisions, so those who behave irresponsibly, will loose their points and get demoted. Have I made myself clear?"

The initiation finished up not long after that, another man wearing a suit coming into the room and dismissing the trio who were more than happy to leave. Their excitement, however, did not get pass the man who lead the meeting and he was practically seething as they left the room.

"Apparently, the hero association was formed about three years ago." Genos lectured as he began sprouting random facts in vain hope to interest his company. Saitama, on the other hand, was uninterested in the 'useless' information. Sakura was interested at first, but gradually found it only got duller as he went on.

"So their relatively new." Saitama commented, something he'd taken up in order to keep Genos content. "A monster attacked the grandchild of some millionaire named Agoni, the child was saved by someone passing by. When Agoni heard what happened, he came up with this system and used his fortune to establish the hero association. The rest is history."

"Well, the put on some pretty boring seminars."

"In any case, as new heroes, we'll be known around the world. We will be respected and compensated. From now on, we can work with our heads held high. Master, now I am officially your disciple. Please, continue to teach and guide me as my mentor."

"Sure"

"All right then, good night master, Sakura."

"Yeah, see you later."

"Good night."

Then Genos bowed and turned to walk down a different road. Sakura simply looked up at Saitama who stood their with his hand held up in a wave. 

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They hadn't gotten far before footsteps began rapidly approaching. The man from before springing into the air before landing before them. 

"The newcomer seminar isn't over yet! In this business, there's a thing called rookie crushing. A lot of us established heroes hate to the prospect of being outranked. So we crush newbies, with moves like this!"

The fight, however, was over in seconds. The stranger completely overwhelmed by Saitama's power flung into the ground, leaving a human-shaped indent in the ground beneath where he now lay. 

Sakura sank into a squat as Saitama continued on, leaving the man in the ground behind him. "I'm quite sorry about that, sir, but you really should be more careful. You could have gotten quite hurt." she muttered before pulling a plaster out of her pocket.

The plaster itself had been in there for who knows how long, however, it was definitely from when she worked at the hospital. The little chibi animals printed on a bright pink background spoke of how it had been when she worked in the children's ward.

Peeling the back off, she carefully stuck it to his cheek, the scrapes and scratches from the punch bleeding lightly. "Be safe from now on." she muttered before standing up and hurrying after Saitama.

"Take-away?" she asked, Saitama nodding as he stared blankly at the ocean, lost in his own thoughts. "Yeah, take-away sounds good." Sakura just grinned and the pair wandered off down the street.